BARRETT, John Cyril
Service Number: | 3117 |
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Enlisted: | 24 October 1916, Bundaberg, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Belton, South Australia, 3 July 1892 |
Home Town: | Mount Cooper, Streaky Bay, South Australia |
Schooling: | Belton Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 27 September 1917, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Streaky Bay Collie Men Who Have Answered The Call Roll of Honor, Streaky Bay War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
24 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3117, Bundaberg, Queensland | |
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16 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3117, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
16 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3117, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
27 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3117, 50th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...3117 Private John Cyril Barrett, 50th Battalion, of Mount Cooper, SA. A farmer prior to enlistement, Pte Barrett embarked with the 8th Reinforcements from Adelaide on HMAT Berrima on 16 December 1916. On 27 September 1917 he was killed in action in Belgium, aged 25. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)